Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
East Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census, and 2,190 as of January 10, 2005. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place East Brookfield, please see the article East Brookfield (CDP), Massachusetts.